#38BF9E#38BF9E

#38BF9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.124 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BF9E
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 17.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -43.78, 6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 44.23, 171.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.1233 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.124 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4301, 40.5679, 38.7786)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BF9E #BF3859

analogous

#38BF5A #38BF9E #389CBF

triadic

#38BF9E #9E38BF #BF9E38

tetradic

#38BF9E #5A38BF #BF3859 #9CBF38

square

#38BF9E #5A38BF #BF3859 #9CBF38

split-complementary

#38BF9E #BF389C #BF5A38

monochromatic

#1C6050 #2A9077 #38BF9E #63D1B6 #92DFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BF9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#38BF9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BF9E

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BF9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BF9E	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bf9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.124 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3ba',
    500: '#38bf9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bf9e;
$custom-light: #81d3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bf9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72464,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BF9E

secondary

#CA8999

accent

#4A6EDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BF9E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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